It has been a long time coming, but the moment you've all been waiting for has finally arrived. Today we release the First Strike 1.5 Client Files a little earlier than expected as a gift to all those who have supported us over the years, and to give you all plenty of time to get this large file downloaded and up and running, so that when the official release date of the 28th does arrive you'll all be raring to go, and will have nothing to do all day but enjoy First Strike 1.5.

It has been a long time coming, but the moment you've all been waiting for has finally arrived.

Today we release the First Strike 1.5 Client Files a little earlier than expected as a gift to all those who have supported us over the years, and to give you all plenty of time to get this large file downloaded and up and running, so that when the official release date of the 28th does arrive you'll all be raring to go, and will have nothing to do all day but enjoy First Strike 1.5.

Now here is a little video taster of what you can expect to see and do in First Strike 1.5.

Listed below is the 1.5 changelog which I think you'll find to be quite the interesting read as you download the mod...
First Strike v1.5 Changelog:

Also of note, due to the sheer volume of new content it was impractical to produce an incremental patch from 1.4 to 1.5, so I'm afraid trying to update 1.4 to 1.5 with the current launcher will not work. You have to download and install 1.5 in its entirety. Think of it as a fresh canvas or foundation on which we will build. This just tidies things up a lot at our end, and will make future development and updates much cleaner.

Finally below is the important bit, a list of locations where you can download the client files. So all that is left to say is good luck with installing 1.5.

And that we all look forward to seeing you out there on the battlefield troopers!

I love these long gameplay videos and the quality of the mod is outstanding! It's great how you got the map to feel/look really open and the animated skybox does a lot to make the scenario feel true to the movie. Great!

PS brilliant news I love first strike, just wish that more people would see it and realise how fun it is and can be. I was there for alot of GC and then came to this with high hopes, not being dissapointed, however people need to come back or new people join in.

Spread the word and let more people know about the mod. You will usually find quite a few people about at around 8pm BST (British Summer Time), though we have been finding people on at all times since the release, just jump on a server and people will usually start joining once someone gets the ball rolling. Hope you enjoy the mod.

Also now the EA Master Server issue has been sorted things should run a lot smoother, should not be so difficult to accumulate players now the disconnect problems have been fixed.

the maps: battle of yavin and a cople other maps dont work with me. DAMNED! the bots dont work and be the battle of yavin i get an error. can someone tell me how to get this away??? because i want to play these maps! THANKS